Month: May 2017

Happiness is an amazing feeling. We know it. It lights up our pleasure centers and just feels good to be happy. Who doesn't want to be happy? Right? Well, more than you might think. Happiness is scary, amongst other things. Once we overcome the hard parts about finding joy, there's one more thing we might not ...

Our minds are too cluttered. Worries, buzzing bees, anger, despair, guilt, resentment, and every other negative emotion we have acquired over the years gather in the corners of our minds and slowly grow until they cloud our dreams, our ambitions, our love, our happiness, and our sanity. And we don't declutter them. We don't clean ...

You're having an okay day then suddenly something happens and boom. Bad day central. Not something big like a car accident, a death, or a late bill but something small. You rip off a chunk of your nail. You bang your toe hard on a desk. Your dog throws up on the carpet. It's nothing more ...

There is a moment right before you give up. In the breath before you stop running, there is a small, very potent moment of time. Right before you put the pen down, there is a moment of maximum fatigue and frustration. In the second before you lose your balancing pose, there is a hidden choice, one second ...

"But I did so much yesterday. Why do I have to do it again today?" Undoubtedly, we have all been at this point. I am currently at this point. I painted a room last night, didn't sleep well, and it's not done, and I have work to do today, and I have to paint it again tomorrow. ...

Pause whatever you might be doing and listen. Turn off your music, take off your headphones, ignore the people mowing the lawn, and listen. Quiet. Quiet. Unless you're in a workspace with people clacking away at their keyboards, chattering at people through the phone, and grumbling by the water cooler, you can find this moment ...

Yesterday we covered the amazing art of reclaiming your time, carving out time to waste, and getting the most out of your day. Amidst this blog piece, there was the phrase "Milking every ounce of success out of the time you have already set aside". I didn't explain how to do that. I know. Maybe I ...

Best headline you've ever read, right? "Stop Working?! Oh BOY! Just what I wanted to hear today." Might not be quite as great as you think. But hey, you decide that, not me. We're overworked. Plain and simple. This isn't news, this isn't a lone opinion, this is truth founded in experience and studies. The modern ...

Number one rule in life: Make your own sunshine. My grandfather taught that to my mother who taught it to me and I'm teaching it to you. It's underestimated in its strength and it's weirdly deep. For me, it has a history rooted in my childhood but its importance came through my own discovery and ...